The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is the ministry responsible for the management, development and exploitation of oil, gas and mineral resources in the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The Ministry was established in March 1973 as the first Ministry of Petroleum in Egypt to take full responsibility for this vital industry in accordance with the decisions of the President of the Republic, Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat No. 1451 of 1973 and No. 1095 of 1974, which stipulated the function